Rail-joint



T. R. PICKETT, RAIL JOINT.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. I3. 1918.

Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

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RAIL-JOINT.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 16, 1919.

Application filed March 13, 1918. Serial No. 222,114.

To all 107mm 1'26 may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS Bor PICKETT, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of Huntsville, county of Randolph, State of h/Iissouri, have invented new and useful Improvements in Rail-Joints, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to boltless rail joints, and has for its object the production of a joint of this character, whereby rails may be secured to the cross-ties and their abutting ends held firmly in alinement without the use of face plates, as such, and without the necessity of bolting the ends of said rails together as now ordinarily done.

A further object is the production of a device of this character which may be produced in quantities at a low cost, and which will be efficient and practical for the purposes intended.

lVith these objects in view, attention is called to the accompanying drawings; wherein Figure 1 represents a perspective of my invention as actually employed upon a section of a railroad trackway.

Fig. 2 is a plan view of the rail joint.

Fig. 3 is a reverse plan view of the same.

Fig. A is an end elevation of the rail joint.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, my invention resides primarily in the cooperation of two tie-plates represented at A and B respectively. The tie-plate A is preferably of sufficient length to cover three cross-ties of an ordinary railway, and is made up of a horizontal foot 1, a vertical web 2, an upper flange 3, and the transversely disposed vertical supporting ribs 4:, 5 and 6. A medial section 7 is cut away from the foot 1, so as to snugly receive the foot of the cooperating tie-plate B. This tie-plate B is substantially of a similar construction as the tie-plate A except that it is necessarily shorter in order to fall within the cut-out section 7 of the tie-plate A. The tie-plate B likewise has the vertical web 8, and the transverse vertical supporting rib 10. The vertical supporting ribs of the inner and outer rail guards are formed integral with and mounted upon and extend upward from horizontal transversely disposed extensions which fit upon the cross-ties. A plurality of spike notches 11 may be provided in the feet of the tie-plates A and B adapted to engage the ordinary railroad spikes used for nailing this apparatus to the cross-ties.

It will be noted that the conformation of the tie-plates A and B is such as to snugly receive and hold the abutting ends of adjacent rails 12 and 12. In operation, it will be noted that the longer tie-plate A is designed to be used as the outer rail plate, while the shorter tie-plate B having less stress or side strain to support is placed upon the inside of the rail.

\Vhile I have herein described and set forth a certain specific manner and method of constructing the elements of my invention, it is understood that I may vary from the same in minor details, not departing from the spirit of my invention, so as best to construct a practical device for the purpose intended.

WVhat I claim to be new and patentable is:

A boltless rail joint comprising an outer rail guard fitting against and conforming to the configuration of the outer side of the rails and being of a length to span a plurality of the spaces between the cross-ties and having a horizontal rail supporting base plate of substantially the Width of the bottom of the rails and provided at the inner edge with a central longitudinal recess of a width less than the bottoms of the rails, horizontal extensions located at and extending outwardly upon the cross ties and pro vided with vertical supporting ribs extending upwardly to the upper edges of the outer rail guard, and an inner rail guard conformingto and fitting against the inner face of the rails and located centrally of the outer rail guard and provided with a horizontal base plate fitting in and filling the central recess of the said base plate, and a single inner horizontal extension carried by the said inner rail guard and arranged upon the adjacent cross tie and provided with a vertical supporting rib extending to the upper edge of the rail guard.

THOMAS ROY PICKETT.

Witnesses:

V. Mnr'rz, ANDREA MINN.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). C. 

